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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Stingray
1978 · Action
The Driver
1978 · Action
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
1978 · Adventure
Foul Play
1978 · Mystery
The Swarm
1978 · Thriller
The Playbirds
1978 · Crime
Convoy
1978 · Action
Jaws 2
1978 · Adventure
Summer Trip to the Sea
1978 · Drama
Capricorn One
1978 · Action
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 · Action
High-Ballin’
1978 · Drama
Snake In The Eagles Shadow 2
1978 · Action
The Brave Archer 2
1978 · Drama
Don
1978 · Comedy
Spider-Man Strikes Back
1978 · Fantasy
Warlords of Atlantis
1978 · Adventure
Message from Space
1978 · Action
Life Gamble
1978 · Action
Kasme Vaade
1978 · Drama
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Sci-Fi
The True Game of Death
1978 · Action
An Enemy of the People
1978 · Drama
The Big Sleep
1978 · Crime
Gray Lady Down
1978 · Drama
She Fell Among Thieves
1978 · Drama
Closed Circuit
1978 · Crime
Shankar Guru
1978 · Romance
The Bermuda Triangle
1978 · Adventure
The President’s Mistress
1978 · Mystery
Blue Collar
1978 · Drama
The Inglorious Bastards
1978 · War
The Betsy
1978 · Romance
The Duellists
1978 · Drama
Coma
1978 · Drama
Born Invincible
1978 · Action
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977 · Horror
One Wild Moment
1977 · Romance
The Gauntlet
1977 · Action
Telefon
1977 · Thriller
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